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Amazon’s Alexa Now Makes Donations
Amazon’s Alexa Now Makes Donations
April 03, 2018  |  Alexa

Amazon has added a new skill to its voice-activated, artificially intelligent digital assistant Alexa: enabling people to make donations to charities via voice commands. Get...

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Walmart Money Transfer Goes Global
Walmart Money Transfer Goes Global
April 03, 2018  |  Cross Border Commerce

Sending funds overseas is big business in the United States. According to the World Bank, in 2016, roughly $138 billion in remittances were sent from the U.S. to receivers worldwide....

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Beyond Mobile Banking, Giving (Alexa’s) Voice to Financial Lives, Naturally
Beyond Mobile Banking, Giving (Alexa’s) Voice to Financial Lives, Naturally
April 03, 2018  |  Alexa

How to bring mobile banking to the realm of the spoken word – beyond the mere recitation of account data? Beyond call and response? Fiserv...

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Mulvaney Says CFPB Is Too Powerful
Mulvaney Says CFPB Is Too Powerful
April 03, 2018  |  CFPB

CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney offered up the agency’s first semi-annual report under his tenure. Other than saying the agency is “too powerful” and offering...

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Walmart In Talks To Acquire PillPack For Under $1B
Walmart In Talks To Acquire PillPack For Under $1B
April 02, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Walmart is in talks to acquire online pharmacy start-up PillPack for under $1 billion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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SEC Charges Founder Of Mozido With Defrauding Investors
SEC Charges Founder Of Mozido With Defrauding Investors
April 02, 2018  |  Regulation

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced news on Monday (April 2) that it charged Michael Liberty, the founder of Mozido, the FinTech startup, with scamming...

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Equifax Confirms It Sent Out Letters To Hack Victims With Wrong Information
Equifax Confirms It Sent Out Letters To Hack Victims With Wrong Information
April 02, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Equifax, the credit reporting company still suffering the aftermath of a massive data breach last fall, has confirmed it sent out notification letters to victims...

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Now Valued At $250M
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Now Valued At $250M
April 02, 2018  |  Retail

Goop, the lifestyle brand founded by Gwyneth Paltrow, is lapping up some serious investor love. The website has just snatched up $50 million in Series...

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